US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on July 8 for "Thermally crosslinked poly(glucuronic acid)-chitosan films with high oxygen and water vapor barrier properties" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,664, issued on July 8, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Thermally crosslinked poly(glucuronic acid)-chitosan films with high oxygen and water vapor barrier properties" was invented by James Carson Meredith III (Atlanta) and Chinmay Satam (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are films and materials comprising poly(alkylene glycol)-chitosan and/or chitin-poly(glucuronic acid) and chitosan and/or chitin-poly(glucuronic acid). Methods of making such films, particularly involving thermally crosslinking poly(glucuronic acid) with chitosan, are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2020, under App...